"common noun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: common nouns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} common noun (plural common nouns)
  1. A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city. Wikidata QID: Q2428747 Synonyms: appellative, appellative noun, nomen appellativum, common substantive noun Related terms: abstract noun, appellativization, collective noun, concrete noun, proprialization Translations (noun that denotes any member or all members of a class): προσηγορία (prosēgoría) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), հասարակ անուն (hasarak anun) (Armenian), umumi isim (Azerbaijani), уртаҡ исем (urtaq isem) (Bashkir), агу́льнае і́мя (ahúlʹnaje ímja) [neuter] (Belarusian), і́мя агу́льнае (ímja ahúlʹnaje) [neuter] (Belarusian), і́мя назо́ўнае (ímja nazóŭnaje) [neuter] (Belarusian), і́мя звыча́йнае (ímja zvyčájnaje) [neuter] (Belarusian), нарица́телно и́ме (naricátelno íme) [neuter] (Bulgarian), съществи́телно нарица́телно и́ме (sǎštestvítelno naricátelno íme) [neuter] (Bulgarian), pangsagaran (Cebuano), boros ngaran koizaai (Central Dusun), 普通名詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 普通名词 (pǔtōng míngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), obecné jméno [neuter] (Czech), appellativ (Danish), fællesnavn (Danish), soortnaam [masculine] (Dutch), komuna substantivo (Esperanto), felagsnavn [neuter] (Faroese), yleisnimi (Finnish), appellatiivi (Finnish), nom appellatif [masculine] (French), nom commun [masculine] (French), nome común [masculine] (Galician), საზოგადო სახელი (sazogado saxeli) (Georgian), საზოგადო არსებითი სახელი (sazogado arsebiti saxeli) (Georgian), Gattungsname [masculine] (German), Gattungsbezeichnung [feminine] (German), Appellativ [neuter] (German), Appellativum [neuter] (German), κοινό ουσιαστικό (koinó ousiastikó) [neuter] (Greek), köznév (Hungarian), samnafn [neuter] (Icelandic), ainmfhocal coitianta [masculine] (Irish), nome comune [masculine] (Italian), 普通名詞 (futsūmeishi) (Japanese), 一般名詞 (ippanmeishi) (Japanese), шишлң нерн (şişlñ nern) (Kalmyk), សាធារណនាម (sa thea rak nak neam) (Khmer), នាមសាធារណ៍ (neam sa thea) (Khmer), 보통명사 (botongmyeongsa) (alt: 普通名詞) (Korean), sugas vārds [masculine] (Latvian), kata nama am (Malay), സാമാന്യനാമം (sāmānyanāmaṁ) (Malayalam), navdêrê giştî [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), appellativ (Norwegian), fellesnavn (Norwegian), samnamn (Norwegian), nom comun [masculine] (Occitan), ġemǣnelīċ nama [masculine] (Old English), rzeczownik pospolity [masculine] (Polish), apelatiwum [neuter] (Polish), appellativum [neuter] (Polish), apelatyw [masculine] (Polish), nazwa pospolita [feminine] (Polish), substantivo comum [masculine] (Portuguese), substantiv comun [neuter] (Romanian), и́мя нарица́тельное (ímja naricátelʹnoje) [neuter] (Russian), апелляти́в (apelljatív) (Russian), ainmear gnàthach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), apelatívum [neuter] (Slovak), všeobecné meno [neuter] (Slovak), občno ime [neuter] (Slovene), nombre común [masculine] (Spanish), sustantivo común [masculine] (Spanish), appellativ (Swedish), pangngalang pambalana (Tagalog), สามานยนาม (sǎa-maan-yá-naam) (Thai), cins isim (Turkish), зага́льна на́зва (zahálʹna názva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), danh từ chung (Vietnamese), enw cyffredin [masculine] (Welsh)
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Inflected forms

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            "neuter"
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            "neuter"
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          "roman": "sǎštestvítelno naricátelno íme",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "съществи́телно нарица́телно и́ме"
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          "roman": "pǔtōng míngcí",
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          "word": "appellativ"
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          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
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          "code": "gl",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "koinó ousiastikó",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
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          "word": "κοινό ουσιαστικό"
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          "roman": "prosēgoría",
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            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "köznév"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "samnafn"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ainmfhocal coitianta"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nome comune"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "futsūmeishi",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "普通名詞"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ippanmeishi",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "一般名詞"
        },
        {
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "şişlñ nern",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "шишлң нерн"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sa thea rak nak neam",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "សាធារណនាម"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "neam sa thea",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "នាមសាធារណ៍"
        },
        {
          "alt": "普通名詞",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "botongmyeongsa",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "보통명사"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "navdêrê giştî"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sugas vārds"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "kata nama am"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "sāmānyanāmaṁ",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "സാമാന്യനാമം"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "appellativ"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "fellesnavn"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "samnamn"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nom comun"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ġemǣnelīċ nama"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rzeczownik pospolity"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "apelatiwum"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "appellativum"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "apelatyw"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nazwa pospolita"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "substantivo comum"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "substantiv comun"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ímja naricátelʹnoje",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "и́мя нарица́тельное"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "apelljatív",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "апелляти́в"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ainmear gnàthach"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "apelatívum"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "všeobecné meno"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "občno ime"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nombre común"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sustantivo común"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "appellativ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "pangngalang pambalana"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sǎa-maan-yá-naam",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "สามานยนาม"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "cins isim"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zahálʹna názva",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "зага́льна на́зва"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "word": "danh từ chung"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "enw cyffredin"
        }
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        "Q2428747"
      ]
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}
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    {
      "word": "appellativization"
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      "word": "collective noun"
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        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Bashkir translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Cebuano translations",
        "Terms with Central Dusun translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kalmyk translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Malayalam translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Old English translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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          "ref": "2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 15:",
          "text": "The Butlers had been serving the Fowls for centuries. It had always been that way. Indeed, there were several eminent linguists of the opinion that this was how the common noun had originated.",
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      "word": "appellative"
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      "word": "appellative noun"
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      "word": "nomen appellativum"
    },
    {
      "word": "common substantive noun"
    }
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hasarak anun",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "հասարակ անուն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "umumi isim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "urtaq isem",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "уртаҡ исем"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ahúlʹnaje ímja",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "агу́льнае і́мя"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ímja ahúlʹnaje",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "і́мя агу́льнае"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ímja nazóŭnaje",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "і́мя назо́ўнае"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ímja zvyčájnaje",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "і́мя звыча́йнае"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naricátelno íme",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "нарица́телно и́ме"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎštestvítelno naricátelno íme",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "съществи́телно нарица́телно и́ме"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "pangsagaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "dtp",
      "lang": "Central Dusun",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "boros ngaran koizaai"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "普通名詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pǔtōng míngcí",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "普通名词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obecné jméno"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "appellativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "fællesnavn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soortnaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "komuna substantivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "felagsnavn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "yleisnimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "appellatiivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nom appellatif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nom commun"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nome común"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sazogado saxeli",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "საზოგადო სახელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sazogado arsebiti saxeli",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "საზოგადო არსებითი სახელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gattungsname"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gattungsbezeichnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Appellativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Appellativum"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koinó ousiastikó",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κοινό ουσιαστικό"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "prosēgoría",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "προσηγορία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "köznév"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "samnafn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ainmfhocal coitianta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nome comune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "futsūmeishi",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "普通名詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ippanmeishi",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "一般名詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "şişlñ nern",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "шишлң нерн"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sa thea rak nak neam",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "សាធារណនាម"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "neam sa thea",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "នាមសាធារណ៍"
    },
    {
      "alt": "普通名詞",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "botongmyeongsa",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "보통명사"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "navdêrê giştî"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sugas vārds"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "kata nama am"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "sāmānyanāmaṁ",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "സാമാന്യനാമം"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "appellativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "fellesnavn"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "samnamn"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nom comun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ġemǣnelīċ nama"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rzeczownik pospolity"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "apelatiwum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "appellativum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apelatyw"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nazwa pospolita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "substantivo comum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "substantiv comun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ímja naricátelʹnoje",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "и́мя нарица́тельное"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "apelljatív",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "апелляти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ainmear gnàthach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "apelatívum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "všeobecné meno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "občno ime"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nombre común"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sustantivo común"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "appellativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "pangngalang pambalana"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎa-maan-yá-naam",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "สามานยนาม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "cins isim"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zahálʹna názva",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зага́льна на́зва"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "word": "danh từ chung"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "noun that denotes any member or all members of a class",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enw cyffredin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "common noun"
}

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